title: [Report of a case--adenoma of the middle ear].
abstract: A 44-year-old female with adenoma of the middle ear was reported. Her chief complaint was hearing loss in the right ear. A white mass inside the right external auditory canal was observed. Audiometry revealed a combined deafness with the average hearing of 38.3 dB for the speech frequencies. The study by high resolution X-ray CT revealed a density area as like as a soft mass in the tympanic cavity. A tumor existing mainly in the hypotympanum was surgically removed and modified type III tympanoplasty by interposing the malleus head as an autograft as a columella was done. Postoperative course was good and the average hearing improved slightly to 30 dB. Histopathological study with stains of HE, PAS, mucicarmin, colloid iron, NSE and S-100 protein showed adenoma of the middle ear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kobe City General Hospital.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohmura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mizukami
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014433:Tympanoplasty